Michael O’Brien: For famous writer/monk Thomas Merton, Utah meant fascination, frustration and friendship

The famous Catholic theologian never set foot in the LDS-dominated state, but he wrote about the Huntsville Trappist monastery, and his editor-publisher owned the Alta Lodge.

(Sibylle Akers and courtesy of the Merton Legacy Trust) Trappist monk, writer and theologian Thomas Merton.